Waste?!

By: Laura Walton AFC® It’s one thing to splurge on something you want but another thing to waste money. Eight in ten Americans admit they waste cash but, even so, they’re not necessarily interested in changing their behavior! According to a recent study, the top four financial wastes involve food: Nearly 70% admit they spend too…

Magical Thinking

By: Laura Walton AFC® A term used to describe couples who, because they love each other, assume that they have the same money goals – they engage in magical thinking. Assume is the operative word. Rather than talk about money, we slide into a system that works well enough until we hit a financial bump.…

Mise-en-place?

By: Laura Walton AFC® “It really is a way of life … it’s a way of concentrating your mind to only focus on the aspects that you need to be working on at that moment, to rid yourself of distractions.” This is the way Melissa Gray, a senior at the Culinary Institute of America, described…